Mokihinui
Mokihinui | |
|---|---|
West Coast | |
| District | Buller District |
| Electorates | West Coast-Tasman Te Tai Tonga |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 186 |
Mokihinui (
West Coast of New Zealand's South Island
.
Mokihinui is on the
State Highway 67 passes through Mokihinui just before reaching its northern end on the other side of the river. Statistics New Zealand includes Mokihinui in a statistical area of the same name that covers both the locality itself and its neighbours such as Seddonville and Summerlea. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Mokihinui has a population of 186, an increase of 15 people since the 2006 census.[4] Mokihinui's population increases during whitebait season, when visitors come to fish in the Mōkihinui River's mouth.[5]
In the early 1890s, a
Ngakawau on 3 May 1981 and traces of its formation can be seen in the countryside around Mokihinui.[6]
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Mokihinui". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board.
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Mōkihinui River". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Mokihinui
- ^ Tourism West Coast, "Mokihinui / Seddonville", accessed 24 June 2007.
- ^ David Leitch and Brian Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, rev. ed. (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998), 52-4.